Improvement in pliers



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JAMES BOUNDS, O F BRIDGEPORT, CO'NEGATICT.

i Letters Patent No. '73,Q89, cZateoZ January 14, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLIERS.

TOALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

' Beit known that 1,' JMES BOUNDS, of Bridgeport,` in the county ofFaireld, and State of Connecticut, have vinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pliers; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, nudite theletters of reference marked thereon,which form a part ofthis specification, in which Figures 1 and 2 areside views of the two levers or Shanks which form the pliers. 'Figuresis a perspective of the pliers in a finished condition.

Figure 4 is a side view of the movable jaw; and Figure 5, a. side viewof the dog or pawl for retaining thejaw in position. The objectof thisinvention is to furnish carpenters and others who use a tool of thisdescription with liers, which,from their eculiar construction are betterada ted to some ur oses than those in Ordinar use P p P P y while in allthey are equally effective and desirable.

The nature of the invention consists in providing thc end of one of theShanks or levers with a movable jaw, which, by means of a. dog or pawl,can be retained in that position most appropriate to the purpose forwhich it is employed.

The invention consists further in the combination of the .foregoing witha sliding shank, substantially as herein set forth. To enableothersskilled in the art to make and use it, will now describe itsconstruction and operation.-

.A represents one of the levers provided with an elongated slot, asshown in iig. 2'. is the other lever or shank, shaped as shown iniig. 1. That portion of this shank whichforms the head, marked a, isslotted suiiiciently wide to allow the shank A to slide between thecheeks thus/made. z' represents apin, which confines the two shanks A'Btogetherfas fully shown in iig. 3. e is a connecting-link or pin, eachend of which restsin small excavations in the Shanks, and there pivoted.It will be observed that this link or pin is placed obliquely, as shownin g. 1. d represents the movable jaw, the back part of which isserrated, lin order that when properly adjusted, the dog g may retain orhohl it in p b othsecured and operated.v It will thus be seen t parallelposition with the other jaw, or it may be place the dog g. i

i Having thu The adjustable jaw d, dag

tially as herein set forth and described. Y

`In testimony that I cla-im the foregoing as my own, I aiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses. JAMES BOUNDS.

d in an oblique position, and there securely retainedby s fullydescribed my invention, what claim, and desire .to secure by'LettersPatent, is

g, Shanks A. B, and link e, the whole being constructed and combinedsubstan- Witnesses:

Davis S. Conn, M. DIAMOND.

osition. b represents a. pin, by means of which the dog g is hatthe'movuble or .adjustable jaw d may be used either in a

